Recent content by TheGroove

Agreed, it's a lot like forcing your car to stop at a stop sign.

I am guessing there's overhead to play gatekeeper and it was essentially a free service they provided, but in the end it's not their job.

I see them a lot in the city where I fly but am aware of where they are and steer clear anyway. My guess is with Remote ID they'll know who you are anyway, it's really just a case of personal responsibility, I look at it as if the FAA were to view and question my flight, could I explain it all...

Exactly, really looking forward to not having to pair up my controller to my phone's hotspot and going through that whole routine while out in the field. I dreaded not knowing whether or not I would have a signal. As for why they made this decision it's hard to really say but they were being...

Hi Vic, I know this is an old thread and I hope this still finds you. I do have this waiver for my Mini 4 but would like to amend it to add my Mavic 3 Pro but don't exactly know how to approach it. Do I need to start a new one and mention the old one, or is there a way to edit the existing one...

After getting approval I always show up to my venue early and work out all the kinks. Sometimes you can get it on self-approval and others you have to submit paperwork for the waiver. In the field this can be frustrating so just make sure you have it tethered to wifi and that you have your...

First of all, looking up an individual on LInkedIn to get approval from the FAA is pretty bad advice. You will need to to through the FAA but even then it will be nearly impossible unless, as mentioned, the firm that hired you submits the request and obtains the waiver for you. Typically, they...

Then simply ask, I always freely share both what I'm shooting and why I am there when they do. Nothing justifies rolling up on you, pinning your car in and coming out all masked up like that. I kept my head about me but you do that to the wrong person and you could get shot or something.

It's a shame that's what it takes to get traction on my little YT channel 🤣 I have over 80K followers on IG though and chose not to call this out there.

Yeah it was a little freaky, for a minute there I thought I might be getting jacked. It's a good reminder to try to leave yourself an out if possible.

Most of the time people simply ask and I'll give them all the info they want, show them my IG and explain why I'm flying in their neighborhood. To be fair it can be disconcerting to hear them buzzing around if you live there, so I just let them in on it all. But pin me in and confront, that's...

Appreciate any feedback here, I'm unable to find a clear answer.

This feels like a cheaper alternative to the Avata 2, for me the biggest benefit is being a category 1 but not sure if that's enough to justify buying it.

Here's is supposed video footage in 4K.

They reached out and offered to send me one for free if I would do 2 posts on IG, but it had to follow their script and had a bunch of stipulations tied to it so I passed. Conversely, I can't get DJI to give me the time of day, even when I reach out to them. DJI has the market cornered lol.